REGION: Japanese competitor to RB's Cymer disrupted

RANCHO BERNARDO ---- Cymer Inc., a maker of light sources used
in semiconductor manufacturing, will get short-term help by the
disruption of a Japanese competitor, according to Zacks Investment
Research.

Cymer makes light sources used to manufacture semiconductor
chips. It is facing "significant competition" from Gigaphoton, a
subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Komatsu, Zacks wrote in a
report released Tuesday.

Gigaphoton makes its light sources in Tochigi and Oyama, to the
north of Tokyo, Zacks wrote, and the Oyama plant was among
Komatsu's most severely damaged.

"We expect investors to remain positive about Cymer in the near
to medium term, which should lead to some buoyancy in prices,"
Zacks wrote.

Gigaphoton said in a news release that its production capacity
will "fully recover" by Tuesday.